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But the interrogations at Guantánamo were a bust. Very little useful intelligence had been gathered, while prisoners from around the world continued to flow into the base, and the facility constantly expanded. The CIA analyst had been sent there to find out what was going wrong. He was fluent in Arabic and familiar with the Islamic world. He was held in high respect within the agency, and was capable of reporting directly, if he chose, to George Tenet, the CIA director. The analyst did more than just visit and inspect. He interviewed at least 30 prisoners to find out who they were and how they ended up in Guantánamo. Some of his findings, he later confided to a former CIA colleague, were devastating.
"He came back convinced that we were committing war crimes in Guantánamo," the colleague told me. "Based on his sample, more than half the people there didn't belong there. He found people lying in their own faeces," including two captives, perhaps in their 80s, who were clearly suffering from dementia. "He thought what was going on was an outrage," the CIA colleague added. There was no rational system for determining who was important. .< 7:46:39 PM  >Iraq's Child Prisoners A Sunday Herald investigation has discovered that coalition forces are holding more than 100 children in jails such as Abu Ghraib. Witnesses claim that the detainees - some as young as 10 - are also being subjected to rape and torture .< 3:17:13 PM >Macworld review: 8-Megapixel Digital Cameras The latest trend in digital photography is ultra-high-resolution fixed-lens cameras. The digital-camera manufacturers are constantly trying to outdo one another, in much the same way that CPU manufacturers compete - but in this case, the race is measured in megapixels instead of megahertz. [MacCentral] .< 1:45:26 PM >A many splintered thing Toronto International Film Festival: .< 1:43:42 PM >Finally , the Democrats are insisting that... Finally, the Democrats are insisting that the Republicans explain how the war in Iraq is related to the "War On Terrorism." This is a much bigger deal than whether Bush served in Vietnam. It's also far more serious than the lie Clinton got impeached for. [Scripting News] .< 12:15:27 PM >Pioneer DV-578A-S DVD/SACD/DVD-Audio Player - Product Of The Week The Pioneer DV-578A-S is an affordable DVD player from the Pioneer stable that not only features DVD/SACD/DVD-Audio compatibility, but also plays DV-R/-RW, CDs, CDR/RW, MP3, WMA, JPEG Photo CDs. On the video side, this unit offers progressive scan with 3:2... [About Home Theater] US$200. Stop worrying about the formats and buy those extra loudspeakers! .< 12:12:35 PM >The Lebrecht Weekly
Notice he said 'finish line'. Lebrecht has been making a convincing argument that the classical music recording industry is over. .< 12:08:58 PM >Jupiter triumphant at Banff Jupiter triumphant at BanffAmerican quartets take three of four top slots in Canada .< 12:07:37 PM >Calgary orchestra players seek pay raise As the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra prepares for another edition of its popular and lucrative Mozart on the Mountain concert Sunday, its musicians are hoping management is ready to consider some elevation to their salaries.
.< 12:04:22 PM >Iconic Tom Thomson works showcased at Russia's... With an extensive Tom Thomson showcase opening Friday at Russia's famed State Hermitage Museum, exhibit organizers are hoping to introduce the celebrated Canadian artist to international audiences.
.< 12:03:12 PM >Sex, War and Hype at Toronto Festival of Films At the dizzyingly diverse but unpretentious Toronto International Film Festival, to see one movie is to miss about seven others. [New York Times: Arts] 'What this suggests is that the Toronto festival, which has become, during the last decade or so, the most important such event in North America, is really 8 or 12 or 35 festivals gathered under one roof. [snip] Important as this festival is, it also has the distinction of being one of the least self-important. It does not take over the city so much as nestle into the rhythms of its everyday life, offering Torontonians and visitors a cinematic menu as diverse, democratic and unpretentious as that metropolis itself. Sure, there are movie stars around, parties cordoned off by velvet ropes and autograph seekers patiently waiting outside restaurants for Annette Bening or Zhang Ziyi. But for a first-timer whose impression of film festivals has been formed by the glamour and swagger and hauteur of Cannes, the easygoing atmosphere of Toronto is refreshing and a little startling. It seems to be organized around the radical idea that a film festival should be a place where people can see as many movies as possible with a minimum of hassle.' |
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